What would cause Windows Media Player to stop playing .avi files?
We have a Vista laptop and a XP Laptop as well and for whatever reason it will not play a specific .avi file. Haven't tried any other .avi files because I need it to play this one at this time. We can play it on our Windows 7 workstations but we need it to play on a laptop needed for a presentation. What do I need on that laptop that is missing keeping it from playing that video?
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First step that I would do is to install the next free software G-Spot:
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/gspot.html
That will identify what codecs you have installed and what codec was used for encoding.
Then you just download and install the required codec to watch the video.
A good player is also KMPlayer
http://kmplayer.en.softonic.com/
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/gspot.html
That will identify what codecs you have installed and what codec was used for encoding.
Then you just download and install the required codec to watch the video.
A good player is also KMPlayer
http://kmplayer.en.softonic.com/
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perfect - you were the first to respond so we tried your solution first - and it worked great - you saved our presentation. Thanks.
no probs, glad to help
Try either the Klite Codec pack http://www.free-codecs.com/download/k_lite_codec_pack.htm (Note that there are a number of packs offered).
Or the CCCP pack http://www.cccp-project.net/ which is a more streamlined basic pack than the Klite pack.